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Wikipedia article
'Five Cities' is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Onur nl, about a young policeman just arrived in Istanbul who falls in love with a woman in a candy shop. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul and has been described as, 'an absurd poetic tale of five seemingly unrelated peoples lives.'
Synopsis
Aydn is a policeman recently appointed to a new post in Istanbul. While trying to get used to life in the big city, Aydn stumbles upon Mehtap, a young woman who works at a candy shop in Beyolu, and he falls for her. But there is no way that Aydn can make Mehtap realize that he even exists, just as evket, a young man who has dropped out of law school before starting to sell toy trains on the streets to make a living, cannot make Dilek, another girl who works at the same store, realize his feelings for her. When Dilek and Aydn meet, Aydn diverts his uncontrollable feelings toward Dilek.
Release
General Release
The film opened on general release in ten screens across Turkey on at number twenty-seven in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$4,728.Festival Screenings
* 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 1017, 2009)* 29th International Istanbul Film Festival (April 318, 2010)
Reception
Box Office
The film was in the Turkish box office charts for four weeks and has made a total gross of US$16,329.Reviews
Emine Ydrm, writing in Today's Zaman, describes the film as, 'an ensemble cast piece of intertwined stories of the Robert Altman School.' The same publication has also described the film as 'absurd poetic tale of five seemingly unrelated people's lives intertwining in a most interesting way.'Awards
* 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Best Screenplay Award: Onur nl (won)* 29th International Istanbul Film Festival Best Actor Award: Tansu Bier (won)
See also
* 2010 in film
* Turkish films of 2010
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